Princess Maria Romanoff & July Estate Finds
Lot 394:
3 antiquarian books. Desiderius Erasmus, Colloquia cum notis selectis variorum addito indice novo, Blaviana, 1693; A New Dictionary of Heraldry, Jer. Batley, London, 1725, Charles Wolcott Parker ex-libris bookplate front pastedown; Edmond Waller, Poems & C., Written Upon Ferval Occasions and to Ferval Persons, Jacob Tomson, London, 1711, Thomas Maitland [Lord] Dundrennan bookplate front pastedown. All with foxing, toning and discoloration to pages, shelf wear, corners bumped; Colloquia with name and date written in ink on front endpaper, ribbon detached, fading and losses to leather and paper on boards, cracking to leather on spine, notations in pencil throughout; Heraldry notations in pencil on front endpaper including "Rebound 1925" and a name, front and rear boards separating at pastedowns, notations in ink on title page, repair to title page, wear, losses and scratches to leather; Poems front endpaper and flyleaves all partially detached, notations in ink and pencil on front pastedown, endpaper and flyleaves, rear board missing, fraying and losses to leather on spine and front board, fading and discoloration to leather, losses to gilt lettering on spine.
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